The Australian Open is a “Grand Slam” tennis event and is the first of the four “major” tennis tournaments held in the year.
The tournament begins on Monday 14th of January and ends with the Women’s final played on Saturday 26th of January and the Men’s final played on Sunday 27th of January.
The Australian Open has 8 rounds starting with 128 players. Each round is a “best of 5 sets” or “first to win 3 sets” (men) and a “best of 3 sets” or “first to win 2 sets” (women).
The courts are “hard” - they are played on an acrylic surface.
Outright betting and individual match betting is generally available at most quality on-line bookmakers for the Men’s and Women’s single events.
From the quarter final stages betting is also available on the men’s doubles, women’s doubles and mixed doubles events.
What betting markets are available?
There are many betting markets offered for betting on tennis at the Australian Open including outright winner, round betting, match bets, set betting and specials.
Outright Betting
There are two main outright betting markets available, these are the Men’s Singles and the Women’s Singles. Both markets offer ½ the odds “to place 1,2” or “reach the final”.
The men’s markets are less value but more predictable – this year’s outright favorite is Novak Djokovic @2.10.
The women’s markets offer more value but are less predictable – this year’s favorite is Serena Williams @ 5.50.
The doubles (men’s, women’s and mixed) outright odds generally become available in the second week from Sunday, 20th January.
Outright Betting Information and *Recommended Bets
Firstly, let's look at men’s Singles Markets.
Outright
There have been just four different winners of the Australian Open Men’s Singles tournament since 2006.
This year’s favorite is Novak Djokovic @ 2.10 (won 6 times – 2008, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016)
Last year’s Champion Roger Federer is 2nd favorite @ 5.50 (won 6 times – 2004, 2006, 2007, 2010, 2017, 2018)
Rafael Nadal is @ 8.50 (won once – 2009)
Stan Wawrinka is @ 26.00 (won once – 2014)
Outside the top three the odds range from Alexander Zverev @ 9.00 to Yoshihito Nishioka @ 501.00
Double Chance
In this market you choose from two players to win the tournament outright – if either player wins the tournament then the bet wins.
Novak Djokovic or…
R Federer @ 1.50
R Nadal @ 1.75
A Averev @ 1.85
N Kyrgios @ 2.00
M Raonic @ 2.00
K Khachanov @ 2.00
A Murray @ 2.10
K Anderson @ 2.10
Roger Federer or…
R Nadal @ 3.30
A Zverev @ 3.75
K Khachanov @ 4.50
K Nishikori @ 4.50
Alexander Zverev or…
R Nadal @ 5.00
K Khachanov @ 6.50
R Nadal or K Nishikori @ 6.50
Alexander Zverev or…
D Medvedev @ 8.00
S Tsitsipas @ 8.00
To reach the final
Novak Djokovic @ 1.80
*Roger Federer @ 2.50
Rafael Nadal @ 4.00
Alexander Zverev @ 7.00
*Kei Nishikori @ 9.00
Marin Cilic @ 11.00
Name the finalists
*Novak Djokovic v Roger Federer @ 4.5 or Rafael Nadal @ 6.0 or Marin Cilic @ 15.0 or Karen Khachanov @ 19.0 or Kevin Anderson @ 21.0 or Stefanos Tsitsipas @ 36.0 or Andy Murray or Grigor Dimitrov are both @ 41.0
Alexander Zverev v Roger Federer @ 17.0 or Rafael Nadal @ 21.0 or Marin Cilic @ 61.0 or Karen Khachanov @ 76.0
Kei Nishikori v Roger Federer @ 23.0 or Rafael Nadal @ 26.0 or Marin Cilic @ 81.0
Roger Federer v Nick Krygios @ 36.0 or Borna Coric @ 36.0 or Dominic Thiem @ 41.0 or Daniil Medvedev or Milos Raonic or *Rafael Nadal are all @ 51.0 or Stan Wawrinka @ 61.0
Rafael Nadal v Dominic Thiem or Nick Krygios @ 56.0 or Milos Raonic @ 81.0 Stan Wawrinka or Daniil Medvedev are both @ 91.0
Men’s Quarter Winners
Who will win the quarter finals from 4 groups of six players
Quarter 1 winner – Novac Djokovic @ 1.50
Quarter 2 winner – Alexander Zverev @ 3.50
Quarter 3 winner – Roger Federer @ 1.85
Quarter 4 winner – Rafael Nadal @ 2.25
Men’s Singles Specials
A Previous Winner @ 1.25 vs A new winner @ 3.50
Top 3 Seeds all to make the Semi Finals @ 12.00
Djokovic to Win without dropping a set @ 15.00
Federer to Win without dropping a set @ 51.00
Winning Half – Top @ 1.50 Bottom @ 2.90
Most Tournament Aces
Which player will serve the most Aces?
John Isner @ 2.20, Milos Raonic @ 5.00, Kevin Anderson and Nick Kyrgios are both @ 6.0, Ivo Karlovic @ 8.00, Roger Federer @ 13.00
Women’s Singles Markets
Next, let's check odds out for women's markets.
Outright
There have been eight different winners of the Australian Open Women’s Singles tournament since 2006 (five of those are not in this year’s tournament).
Serena Williams (won 7 times - 2003,2005,2007,2009, 2010, 2015, 2017) is @ 5.50
Last year’s winner *Caroline Wozniacki is @ 23.00
Maria Sharapova is 34.00 (won once – 2008)
*Angelique Kerber is 8.00 (won once – 2016)
Outside the top three the odds range from Naomi Osaka @ 10.00 to Zoe Hives @ 501.00
Double Chance
In this market you choose from two players to win the tournament outright – if either player wins the tournament then the bet wins.
*Serena Williams or…
*A Kerber @ 3.00
N Osaka @ 3.50
*S Halep @ 3.50
A Sabalenka @ 3.50
E Svitolina @ 3.75
Ka Pliskova @ 3.75
G Muguruza @ 4.00
Angelique Kerber or…
N Osaka @ 5.00
A Sabalenka @ 5.00
S Halep @ 5.00
S Stephens @ 6.00
Simona Halep or…
A Sabalenka @ 5.50
N Osaka @ 5.50
Naomi Osaka or…
S Stephens @ 6.00
A Barty @ 7.00
Name the Finalists
*Serena Williams v Angelique Kerber @ 13.0 or Aryna Sabalenka @ 21.0 or Petra Kvitova @ 26.0 or Ashleigh Barty @ 26.0 or Caroline Wozniacki @ 26.0 or Maria Sharapova or Simona Halep or Petra Kvitova are all @ 67.0
Angelique Kerber v Elina Svitolina @ 34.00 or Naomi Osaka @ 41.0
Aryna Sabalenka v Elina Svitolina or Simona Halep or Naomi Osaka are all @ 51.0 or Madison Keys @ 67.0
Elina Svitolina v Petra Kvitova @ 67.0 or Caroline Wozniacki @ 67.0
Karolina Pliskova v Angelique Kerber @ 67.0
Ashleigh Barty v Simona Halep or Naomi Osaka are both @ 67.0
*Caroline Wozniacki v Madison Keys or *Simona Halep @ 67.0 or *Naomi Osaka @ 81.00
Elina Svitolina v Ashleigh Barty @ 67.0 or Sloane Stephens @ 81.0
Karolina Pliskova v Ashleigh Barty @ 81.0
To Reach the final
*Serena Williams @ 3.50
Angelique Kerber @ 4.00
Naomi Osaka @ 7.00
Elina Svitolina @ 7.00
Ashleigh Barty @ 7.00
Aryna Sabalenka @ 7.00
Women’s Quarter Winners
Who will win the quarter finals from 4 groups of six players:
Quarter 1 winner – *Serena Williams @ 2.50
Quarter 2 winner – Elina Svitolina @ 4.50
Quarter 3 winner – Aryna Sabalenka @ 4.00
Quarter 4 winner – *Angelique Kerber @ 2.75
Women’s Singles Specials
The Field @ 1.50 vs *S Williams, A Kerber or N Osaka @ 2.50
*A Previous Winner @ 2.50
A New Winner @ 1.50
Top 3 Seeds all to make the Semi Finals @ 51.00
Any player to win without dropping a set @ 15.00
Winning Half – Top @ 1.75 Bottom @ 2.00
Individual Match Bet Markets
Of course, you can bet on all matches results.
Match Bets
In the match bet markets you can bet on the result (Player A to Win / Lose) of each match. You can also put these into accumulators.
For example
Player A to win @ 2.62 Player B to win @ 1.44
Set Betting
In this market you can bet on the score of the match. (Of course, for the women the set betting is only 2-0 and 2-1 )
For example
Player A to win 3-0 @ 2.75
Player A to win 3-1 @ 3.75
Player A to win 3-2 @ 6.00
Player B to win 3-0 @ 10.00
Player B to win 3-1 @ 7.00
Player B to win 3-2 @ 7.00
First Set Match Betting
In this market you simply bet who you think will win or lose the first set only. You can also put these into accumulators.
For example
Player A to win the first set @ 2.37
Player B to win the first set @ 1.53
First Set Correct Score
In this market you can bet on the player and the score of the first set.
For example
Player A to win the first set...
6-0 @ 51.00 6-1 @ 13.00 6-2 @ 8.00 6-3 @ 5.50 6-4 @ 5.00 7-5 @ 13.00 7-6 @ 7.00
2nd 3rd 4th 5th Set winner
This is the same as the First Set Match betting but for the other sets. These are not usually offered before the match has started but can be found in the "in game" betting markets.
For example
Player A to win the 2nd set @ 2.37
Player B to win the 2nd Set @ 1.53
Statistics Betting
Under / Over 7.5, 8.5. 9.5 games in Set 1, Set 2 etc.
This market is also available in the "in game" betting markets. Here you choose if the set will have “over” or “under” the number of games listed.
For example
Under 7.5 @ 8.00 @ Over 7.5 @ 1.06
Under 8.5 @ 4.00 Over 8.5 @ 1.22
Under 9.5 @ 2.00 Over 9.5 @ 1.72
Under 10.5 @ 1.33 Over 10.5 @ 3.00
Set to go to a Tie Break? Yes / No
Here you simply choose if the set will finish 6-6 and go to a tie break. (Of course, this is not offered on the 3rd set of a women's match or the 5th set of a men's match)
For example
Yes @ 2.37 No @ 1.53
If the set goes to a tie break then you can bet on Player A or B to win the tie-break.
Number of Sets (Best of 3)
How many sets will be played? - You bet on the number of sets played will be under or above the number listed.
For example
Men's match: Over 4.5 @ 3.50 Under 4.5 @ 1.28
Women's match: Over 2.5 @ 2.50 Under 2.5 @ 1.50
Total Games in a set / match
Here you can bet if the total number of games played in each set or the match will be odd or even.
For example
Odd @ 1.90 Even @ 1.80
Number of Duece games – None, One, Two
In this bet you choose how many games in the set will go to 40-40 (Deuce). (This bet is available on limited matches only.)
Final Word
Doubles are also available for most of the markets – for example a “Japanese sweep” double of Naomi Osaka to win outright @ 10.00 and Kei Nishikori to win outright @ 29.00 DOUBLE – 1 point wins 290 points.
We hope you enjoy the Australian Open betting. Good luck!!
